Eight kilometers of golden, sandy beaches and forty fully-equipped bathing establishments provide everything you need to enjoy the sun (and rest in the shade) in the middle of the beach. We're referring to Lignano Sabbiadoro- an Adriatic coastal city in the Udine province in Friuli Venezia Giulia. It ...

    The time has come for the already magical city of Perugia to celebrate the magnificent Christmas Season. The Umbrian capital offers a unique Christmas atmosphere with its holiday lights, markets and ice rink. What's different about the Perugia Christmas market compared to all the other markets ...

    In Italy, when we think about autumn, we imagine the leaves falling, trees which are tinged with red and yellow, the season of mushroom picking and of course, the famous chestnut festival in Combai. In the province of Treviso, among the beautiful hills of Prosecco, autumn is synonymous ...

Every year since 1980, on the third weekend of May, Noto, Sicily (Syracuse province), welcomes the flower festival or the infiorata.  The city of Noto is known as the "the Garden of Stones", capital of Baroque, and host of one of the most important and beautiful events ...

Have you ever wondered what there was to see in Syracuse? If you have already decided to visit Sicily, you can't miss the ancient Greek civilizations of Agrigento, Selinunte, Segesta and Syracuse. Let's take a few minutes to think back to our childhood when we ...

At the most extreme point of northeastern Italy, embraced by the northern waves of a very clear Adriatic Sea, lies a town of unspeakable beauty: Muggia. The Carnival celebration has been  deeply-rooted, highly emotional and felt by its population (me included) for centuries. An artistic ...

The Devil of Tufara is a zoomorphic mask that comes to life on the last day of Carnival in the narrow streets of this small town. He charges, jumps and dances through the streets with his unbridled acrobatics. Passed down through the centuries, he has ...

Perhaps the people of Catania are exaggerating a bit when they say this is the "second biggest religious festival in the world". Well, maybe we are not quite at a planetary level, but the feast of St. Agatha (video here) is a show that goes on ...

The 50th edition of Campobasso's concert season began Saturday, October 13th. The capital city of the Molise region will offer 22 events dedicated to music from now through March 2019. Teatro Savoia in Campobasso is home to this musical event which is the cultural symbol of the city. ...

  The Hot Air Balloon Festival floats over to Florence for two weekends of fun. The great festival dedicated to the air giants takes place at the Visarno Race-course, a few steps from the city centre and the cathedral, on the weekends of October 13-14th and of 20-21st. Hot air balloons will paint ...